Ronnie sms-ed me the other day, asking why didn't I write any report for KLIM. I replied, "KLIM report? My run sucks!! My timing sucks!! Why a report???" As you all know, this is my first marathon. Why on earth did I sign up for marathon although my fitness is no where near that of Ronnie, Justin and Azwar? And they're only running 21K although they're much fitter and faster than I am? Well, frankly speaking, I signed up to join the crowd since many of our friends are running their maiden marathon this KLIM namely Haris @ PM13, Jason @ PM23, Sim @ PM25 and Martin @ Lonerunner. Of all these first timers, I think I trained the least. Ahahaha!!! So, Ronnie wuz right on why I screwed up my marathon. I didn't have much confidence prior to the run. In fact, after Practice Run 1, I wuz doubtful if I could finish the marathon in time as I took 3hrs 30mins to finish the 30K run!!
Nevertheless, on that fateful morning, I braved myself to the starting line. Saw Dr and Jason at the starting line, but dare not say 'Hi!' to them. I guess they didn't even know I wuz running marathon until after I finished the run. Ahahaha!!!!! Gotchaaa!!! Only greeted Tey at the starting line. He, as usual, wuz busy chatting with his frens, not GALLLLSSS yeahh!!! Phyllis wuz no where in sight. I swear, Woof!! He..he..he!!! We were flagged off at 5:03am. Cehhh!!Lousy FTAAA, 3 minutes late and you call this international marathon!! To my disappointment, unlike last year, there wuz no fireworks display this year. Only the beatings of rebana ubi to start the event. Well, there's nothing much to talk about the run, coz my running story won't interest you all. Ehehehe!!! Then, just like all the koh loi yan said, disaster struck after 30K. I had a cramp on my right thigh/knee. It wuz painful when I tried to run. Hitching an ambulance ride wuz certainly not an option. So, I slow jogged and walked. I wuz confused with the distance markers scribbled on the road. I saw a 36K mark along Jln Mahameru, somewhere after The Mall. I wuz so happy then, thinking I could do a sub-5 as my watch showed 4hrs 20mins and it wuz only 6km away from the finishing line. To my surprise, it wuz a misunderstanding!! That 36K mark must only be 32 or 33K!!! Lousy TNS KNN FTAAA!!!!!!
My timing sucks but I'm glad I survived the marathon. I wuz excited when I completed the run and it reminded me of my first half marathon. I must say I love the Jln Sultan Ismail stretch the most. The so-called pom pom gals, the cheering crowd, the NIKE mist station, etc. If only we could find all these the whole 42K, everybody would have made a PR from themselves!! Before signing off, I wish to thank (in no particular order) Ronnie, Dr, Tey, Chen, Martin, Sim, Jason, Woof and all the pacemakers for all their support. Thanks to Ajeep too for not only cheering for me, but all the marathoners at the 41K mark. Gut bai!!!!
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